Notifications to the Parties

2021
No.	Date of issue	Title
2021/011	22/01/2021	Monitoring the illegal trade in ivory and other elephant specimens Annex 2: Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) Data Collection Form Annex 3: Collection form
2021/010	22/01/2021	CITES permits and certificates: Samples of permits and certificates, signature specimens and transition towards e-permitting systems
2021/009	21/01/2021	Intersessional decision-making of the Standing Committee
2021/008	20/01/2021	Disposal of illegally traded and confiscated specimens of CITES-listed species
2021/007	19/01/2021	Non-detriment findings (NDFs)
2021/006	18/01/2021	URUGUAY – Use of security stamps
2021/005	18/01/2021	Closure of domestic ivory markets
2021/004	12/01/2021	Intersessional decision-making of the Standing Committee
2021/003	08/01/2021	Streaming of the 12 January 2021 Standing Committee discussion
2021/002	07/01/2021	ARGENTINA – Rationale for non-detriment findings for species of the genus Cedrela spp.
2021/001	04/01/2021	List of valid Notifications

2020
No.	Date of issue	Title
2020/082	30/12/2020	CANADA - Withdrawal of reservations
2020/081	22/12/2020	Membership of Standing Committee intersessional working groups
2020/080	18/12/2020	UGANDA – Use of Security Stamps
2020/079	17/12/2020	Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
2020/078	17/12/2020	Declaration of stocks of rhinoceros horn
2020/077	17/12/2020	Elephant ivory stocks: marking, inventories and security
2020/076	16/12/2020	Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
2020/075	15/12/2020	Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
2020/074	11/12/2020	ISRAEL – Stricter domestic measures: New policy on ivory trade
2020/072	07/12/2020	Status of funding for the implementation of valid Decisions after CoP18
2020/071	03/12/2020	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Launch of ePermit electronic permitting platform
2020/070	25/11/2020	Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
2020/069	19/11/2020	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – Loss of CITES permits
2020/068	16/11/2020	Amendments to Appendix III
2020/067	05/11/2020	Intersessional work of the Standing Committee
2020/066	28/10/2020	Guidelines for Wildlife Enforcement Networks (WENs)
2020/065	22/10/2020	Launch of the new Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) Online
2020/064	21/10/2020	Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
2020/061	12/10/2020	Enhancements made on the CITES website
2020/058	29/09/2020	HONDURAS – Mobile Wildlife App: An electronic tool for law enforcement
2020/057	22/09/2020	Intersessional decisions of the Animals Committee
2020/056	21/09/2020	Intersessional decisions of the Plants Committee
2020/051	16/07/2020	73rd meeting of the Standing Committee
2020/050	14/07/2020	Voluntary export quotas of Madagascar for 2019
2020/047	25/06/2020	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – Change in CITES permits and certificates
2020/045	29/05/2020	Postponement of the 31st meeting of the Animals Committee and 25th meeting of the Plants Committee
2020/044	26/05/2020	CHINA – Continued measures to ban the import of elephant tusks and their products
2020/043	18/05/2020	CITES Identification Manual and other identification materials available on the Checklist of CITES species
2020/037	23/04/2020	CITES security stamps
2020/031	01/04/2020	Wildlife crime linked to the Internet
2020/030	01/04/2020	Information on identification materials
2020/029	31/03/2020	New case studies on CITES and livelihoods Annex: Template for new CITES and livelihoods case studies
2020/025	17/03/2020	Coronavirus (COVID-19) – implications for the work of the Secretariat
2020/018	05/03/2020	CHINA - Urgent measures regarding wildlife trade regulation
2020/009	03/02/2020	National laws for the implementation of the Convention
2020/006	20/01/2020	Implementation of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP18) on Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species
2020/004	09/01/2020	NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s stricter domestic measures for trade in personal and household effects (republished on 17/01/2020 with a clarification in paragraph 3)
2020/003	09/01/2020	Trade in specimens of species and stocks of whales protected by the International Whaling Commission

2019
No.	Date of issue	Title
2019/077	20/12/2019	Reservations with reference to the amendments to Appendices I and II of the Convention and related communications
2019/076	19/12/2019	Explanatory notes for the export quotas
2019/075	19/12/2019	GUINEA – Application of Article XIII in Guinea – reissue of the recommendation to suspend trade
2019/073	16/12/2019	Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
2019/072	04/12/2019	Guidelines for the preparation and submission of annual reports and of annual illegal trade reports Annex 1: Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual reports (December 2019) Annex 2: Guidelines for the preparation and submission of the CITES annual illegal trade report
2019/070	29/11/2019	Non-binding guidance for determining whether a proposed recipient of a living specimen is suitably equipped to house and care for it
2019/066	21/11/2019	EL SALVADOR – New portal for CITES permits and certificates
2019/065	19/11/2019	Universal tagging system for the identification of crocodilian skins – Implementation of Resolution Conf. 11.12 (Rev. CoP15)
2019/064	14/11/2019	CHINA – Change to China's CITES permits and certificates
2019/053	03/10/2019	SINGAPORE – Changes to Singapore CITES permits and certificates
2019/051	26/09/2019	Current status of Malagasy rosewood logs seized by Singapore in March 2014 and advisory on rosewood stockpile originating from Madagascar
2019/046	17/08/2019	Programming codes in the ETIS analysis and PIKE trend analysis for CoP18
2019/044	14/08/2019	Email correspondence purporting to come from the Secretariat
2019/043	13/08/2019	ISRAEL – Stricter domestic measures concerning import and export of wild fauna and flora
2019/042	08/08/2019	Wildlife crime linked to the Internet
2019/035	04/07/2019	SOMALIA – Maintenance of a recommendation to suspend trade
2019/032	06/06/2019	MIKE and ETIS Technical Advisory Group (TAG)

2018
No.	Date of issue	Title
2018/099	13/12/2018	AUSTRALIA – New permits and certificates issued by Australia
2018/085	02/11/2018	Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Testudines spp.) rapid-response identification network
2018/084	01/11/2018	APPLICATION OF ARTICLE XIII IN NIGERIA – Recommendation to suspend commercial trade in West African rosewood (Pterocarpus erinaceus) and other recommendations
2018/083	01/11/2018	APPLICATION OF ARTICLE XIII IN THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC – Recommendation to suspend commercial trade in rosewood (Dalbergia spp.) and other recommendations
2018/082	01/11/2018	APPLICATION OF ARTICLE XIII IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – Recommendation to suspend trade in stockpiled specimens of pangolins (Manis spp.)
2018/081	01/11/2018	APPLICATION OF ARTICLE XIII IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – Reissue of a recommendation to suspend trade in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)
2018/076	30/10/2018	ECUADOR – Galapagos giant tortoises stolen from breeding center
2018/073	15/10/2018	New postal address of the CITES Secretariat
2018/061	13/06/2018	JAPAN – Tightened regulations on ivory transactions
2018/057	01/06/2018	CHINA – Stricter domestic measures on ivory trade in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
2018/046	07/05/2018	Establishment of a cheetah closed user group on the WCO CENcomm platform
2018/042	30/04/2018	Existing funding opportunities for supporting African lion conservation activities
2018/031	26/03/2018	INDIA – Ban on trade in wild fauna and flora, except certain specimens of Dalbergia latifolia and Dalbergia sissoo
2018/025	19/03/2018	AUSTRALIA – Australia’s stricter domestic measures for trade in CITES species
2018/022	27/02/2018	INDONESIA - Transportation mode of Napoleon Fish (Cheilinus undulatus) export from Indonesia
2018/015	30/01/2018	DJIBOUTI – Recommendation to suspend trade for non-submission of annual reports
2018/014	30/01/2018	Asian big cat field pocket guide
2018/012	22/01/2018	LIBERIA – Maintenance of a recommendation to suspend trade
2018/007	15/01/2018	MADAGASCAR – Recommendation to suspend commercial trade from Madagascar of specimens of Diospyros spp. (populations from Madagascar; annotation #5) and Dalbergia spp. (annotation #15)

2017
No.	Date of issue	Title
2017/046	15/06/2017	CANADA – Stricter domestic measures regarding import of Caudata spp.
2017/023	21/03/2017	CAMBODIA – Fraudulent CITES permits for Dalbergia cochinchinensis
2017/017	10/02/2017	JORDAN – Fraudulent CITES permits

2016
No.	Date of issue	Title
2016/053	23/08/2016	COLOMBIA – Trade of Caiman crocodilus fuscus skins
2016/032	23/03/2016	Trade in Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus)
2016/022	16/03/2016	GRENADA – Recommendation to suspend trade for non-submission of annual reports
2016/017	15/03/2016	COLOMBIA – Trade of Caiman crocodilus fuscus skins
2016/006	05/02/2016	New implementation report format (formerly known as biennial report) Annex: Implementation report format
2016/004	05/02/2016	Guidelines for improving species-specific reporting requests by CITES working groups

2015
No.	Date of issue	Title
2015/064	16/12/2015	COLOMBIA – Export of skins of Caiman crocodilus
2015/050	24/08/2015	MEXICO – Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) and vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) (republished on 4/01/2021 wi
2015/047	13/08/2015	MEXICO – Electronic portal for CITES permits and certificates in Mexico (republished on 15/01/2021 with a correction to the contact details in paragraph 5)
2015/040	03/07/2015	Directory of law enforcement focal points
2015/039	25/06/2015	Integration of the CITES Enforcement Authorities Forum with WCO’s ENVIRONET
2015/028	18/05/2015	Submission of annual reports in electronic format (republished on 02/02/2017 to update a reference to a Resolution and to the latest Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual reports)
2015/019	02/04/2015	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Stricter domestic measures regarding import of certain snakes
2015/001	09/01/2015	Sample permits and certificates and signature specimens

2014
No.	Date of issue	Title
2014/045	10/10/2014	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Stricter domestic measures regarding import of African elephant ivory
2014/037	11/08/2014	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Suspension of imports of sport-hunted trophies of African elephant taken in the United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe
2014/036	11/08/2014	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Listing of five species of sturgeon as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
2014/032	04/07/2014	Trade in Siamese rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) from Thailand
2014/018	14/04/2014	INDONESIA – Ports of entry and exit for CITES specimens
2014/015	26/03/2014	Diplomatic immunity
2014/006	23/01/2014	Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae spp.) Annex: CITES Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force Meeting – Nairobi, kenya: 28 – 29 October 2013 – Strategies and proposed actions
2014/005	22/01/2014	BURUNDI – Illegal trade in specimens of Osyris lanceolata (African sandalwood) from Burundi

2013
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2013/035	16/08/2013		Trade in stony corals - List of coral taxa where identification to genus level is acceptable
2013/018	17/05/2013		AFGHANISTAN - Recommendation to suspend trade for non-submission of annual reports

2012
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2012/031	26/03/2012		Prohibition of import of certain snakes into the United States of America

2011
No.	Date of issue	Title
2011/056	09/12/2011	Use of phytosanitary certificates as certificates of artificial propagation
2011/018	11/02/2011	Use of the CITES logo (republished on 05/11/2015 with a correction to the name of the staff member responsible for the CITES logo)
2011/016	10/02/2011	Access to CITES texts in different languages
2011/010	19/01/2011	DJIBOUTI - Reissue of a recommendation to suspend trade - National legislation

2010
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2010/038	29/11/2010		PHILIPPINES - Prohibition of trade in CITES specimens
2010/024	16/08/2010		ZIMBABWE - Trade in ivory carvings

2009
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2009/028	22/07/2009		Ecomessage Annex 1: Ecomessage form Annex 2: Ecomessage example
2009/021	25/05/2009		JAPAN - Prior Confirmation System

2008
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2008/008	05/02/2008		PHILIPPINES - Restrictions on the import of wild birds

2007
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2007/041	22/11/2007		Register of licensed exporters and of processing and repackaging plants for specimens of sturgeon and paddlefish species

2006
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2006/059	14/11/2006		PAKISTAN - Tagging of markhor (Capra falconeri) trophies
2006/006	16/01/2006		ARGENTINA - Restrictions on trade in certain species

2005
No.	Date of issue	Title
2005/059	14/10/2005	MADAGASCAR - Trade in plants - stricter domestic measure
2005/054	19/09/2005	AFGHANISTAN - Acceptance of permits and certificates
2005/014	21/03/2005	Trade in seahorses

2004
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2004/078	09/12/2004		Submission of enforcement-related information by the public and non-governmental organizations to the CITES Secretariat

2003
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2003/049	15/08/2003		JORDAN - Trade in corals

2001
No.	Date of issue	Title
2001/052	10/08/2001	Brazil: Trade in specimens of Cyanopsitta spixii
2001/029	18/05/2001	ARGENTINA: Dolphin imports
2001/003	09/02/2001	CITES permits and certificates - Involvement of the Secretariat

2000
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
2000/066	14/12/2000		Illegal trade in Anodorhynchus leari

1999
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
1999/27	12/03/1999		Confirmation of permits - Decisions of the Standing Committee

1997
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
988	13/10/1997		MEXICO - Control of CITES documents

1996
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
932	04/09/1996		Loans of Giant Pandas

1994
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
781	10/03/1994		BRAZIL - Ranching of and Trade in Caimans

1991
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
629	08/04/1991		PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Ban on Export of Wild Collected Orchids

1988
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
482	24/05/1988		VENEZUELA

1984
No.	Date of issue	Notification status	Title
283	15/03/1984		UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA - Export Ban on Agapornis personata